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Sullivan Cromwell Archive

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Rumour; Deloitte Voicemail Reveals Drug Dealers Deleted

31 July 2009

The Firm Spy has been very critical of Deloitte in recent months. We thought that the massive growth in partnership profits against the backdrop of rumours of cutbacks, a pay freeze and continu...

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No More Chores at Corrs; Holiday Bonanza as Lawyers Offered Money for Nothing

23 November 2008

If anyone is curious why www.jetstar.com.au experienced a temporary outage yesterday, look no further than the offices of Corrs Chambers Westgarth. In a staggering move, the Corrs partnership revea...

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AAR Partner Paul Quinn, Performance-Based Salary & The Lack of “Champions”

15 January 2010

AAR partner Paul Quinn uttered in his Business Spectator column earlier this week that junior lawyers should be remunerated based on performance. As reported by our friends at ALB: associate salaries have remained on a lockstep structure ... and "none of the arguments, in my view, present a compelling case to rule out performance based remuneration for lawyers ...  a strong and transparent performance culture is a good thing". We can think of a good reason Paul; for example when your firm does not have a "transparent performance culture" and young lawyers do not possess a "champion". Late last year an anonymous AAR spy wrote us the following ...Allens Arthur Robinson’smanagement are aware that legal salaries across all levels are below market rate (although this has not been ac...

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2011 Graduate Intake: Top 30 Australian Law Firms By Revenue & Clerk to Grad Progression

13 December 2011

In 2009 we published a highly popular report in which we calculated the probability of a vacation clerk progressing to a graduate position at a selected number of firms. There is a bit of a theory ...

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Blakes, Mallesons & Allens; The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

9 June 2010

Considered Clint Eastwood's greatest cinematic triumph, the 1966 classic spaghetti Western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a story (says Wikipedia) of three gunslingers competing to find a fortun...

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NSW Barrister Gripes about SC Appointments, Gets Appointed SC

16 October 2010

It seems that Gregory Curtin has finally been appointed Senior Counsel, after having previously criticised the "integrity" and "capriciousness" of the appointment process. In a fiery letter addres...

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DLA Flying Fox; Going Green in Curious Ways

12 October 2008

DLA Phillips Fox has introduced a peculiar initiative this month to help focus firm attention on the need to use sustainable energy. As well as 'awareness' programs, DLA is enforcing a 'No Travel...

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Firm Spy Remuneration Survey – Minter Ellison Lawyer Salaries

6 November 2009

Err... it seems there is ALOT of interest in lawyer remuneration across the firms. The Firm Spy has experienced a major upswing in traffic this week, while our weekly newsletter subscribers have ro...

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EXCLUSIVE: Freehills Looks @ International Expansion With TransAsia Lawyers Merger

11 November 2011

When Freehills' highly rated junior partner Tony Sparks defected to A&O earlier this year, we thought it was bad news for Australia's second largest firm by revenue. Mr Sparks was regarded by F...

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Doubling the Double Digits; Deloitte’s Giam Swiegers Divulges Partner Profits

3 July 2009

Restive Deloitte workers threatening Toadfish-esque delinquency appear to have galvanised Giam Swiegers to offer a belated response to the firm's double digit growth. Pictured in yet another flambo...

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